Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
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Patients Discharged <strong>from</strong> the ICU (%)<br />
ICU Length of Stay<br />
100<br />
reduced ICU stay by =4 days<br />
80<br />
60<br />
SAT+SBT (n=167)<br />
40<br />
SBT (n=168)<br />
20<br />
p=.01<br />
0<br />
0<br />
7<br />
14 21 28<br />
Days<br />
Girard TD, et al. Lancet 2008;371:126-34